| Wait until it's done because I always marathon them, but depending on my attention span I might stop watching early if I'm working on other hobbies. |
  |
| Every season around 40-60 TV anime start airing. Depending on your taste you could enjoy various percentages of this amount, but most likely you won't really like more than 5-10 of them. It's much easier to determine which ones you'll like after they've finished airing and the people who watched them while they aired released their opinions of them rather than going in blind picking 10-20 anime and only liking 20% of them. Life is too short to waste on shitty seasonals. |
  |
| I only watch completed series, so I wait until it's done. If it's a long runner though, I'd probably just wait for a good amount of episodes (Maybe like in the range of 40-50?) to be released and start watching slowly. |
 “Don’t just mindlessly judge people as you please.” – Rin Okumura “Your past shouldn’t stop you from achieving your goals and dreams.” – Rin Okumura |
| I wait till a series is done airing so I can marathon it if need be. |
  |
| I'll watch after its done airing. I like to watch anime all at once, if I watch it little by little I usually forgot what happened in the last episode. |
 |
| Depened, if the show is hyped before it is aired i'll follow it weekly to see how people react to it. Less popular shows is a gamble as i can't tell if it'll be worth watching or not, so waiting for it to finished airing and check the review would be best to decide whether to marathon it or not. |
| Usually, I rather watching after they finish. Sometimes, I watch a few while airing, but it's rare. |
 |
| i swear this has been asked about 5x in a month or 2 period lol both, i usually watch 20 a season, then just randomly marathon |
   |
| I usually will watch the anime while it is airing. That said, I actually waited for 'Haikyuu season 3' to air before watching all of it because I couldn't watch one episode and wait on cliff hangers. It's too mentally painful. |
 "Even if your soul disappears, your wishes and curses remain in this world." |
| If it's a lot of Episodes I'd go for Airing. But if it's 20 or 12 below, I'll go for Completed. If that series didn't mention how many Episodes, I'll go for Airing. So yeah, mostly Airing. |
.............. |
| Usually depends. If it's something I've been waiting for for eternity, I sorta just jump right into it. If it's something I found with an interesting storyline, I'm able to wait until the anime is finished. Though, I much prefer waiting till it's finished airing so I don't have to anxiously wait every week. |
 "The other day I met this man, a nice guy, y'know? And we had a really good chat. Then I slit his throat and ripped his heart out through his chest. Does that make me a bad person?" |
| I wait until the anime is finished. I like to binge watch my series, and I cant do that if I have to wait a week in between each episode. |
| Signature removed. Please follow the signature rules, as defined in the Site & Forum Guidelines. |
| I watch 1-3 shows while it's airing and save the rest for when it's finished. I usually wait a couple of weeks for the episodes to stack about before watching them though. |
   |
Chibi-Alice said: A bit of both. Lately i've watched less airing shows. Bit of both here too, only atm I'm watching more airing shows, kinda depends on the season quality and the types of shows, some are better to binge watch then others. |
| ^_^ |
| İ always wait no matter how hyped i am , just avoid the spoilers wait for airing end thennn value √√√ |
 |
| I watch both, but I tend to watch more airing shows for the last 6-7 years. Before that it was mainly already aired shows. |
| Did OP create a thread that pops up bi-weekly or so? Yes, yes he did. |
| Depends. I'd probably watch a lot more series while they're airing, but: 1) Most anime on my list aired before I started watching actively (1-2 years ago). 2) Even though I added a lot of anime before they aired since then, they usually finish airing before I get around to watching them. |
| I do both. I watch like 10-15 airing shows, and 1 or 2 shows that've already ended. |
 |
| Airing. I can organize better my time like this. If I decided to wait till the anime ends then I would accumulate way too much episodes to see. And there's is the spoilers too. People will always talk about airing anime, and you can always get spoiled, and that sucks. |
| Waiting is better especially if you really really liked the anime because the feeling of an episode of your favorite anime that is almost done espicially on the good parts is very heavy because it usually leaves cliffhangers. |
| " If a ghost's intention is to scare people, then people are definitely scarier because we have no way of knowing what their intention and thoughts are. " |
| Both depending on when I become interested in watching it, the amount of free time I have, and how good it is. |
| "The name's Gambit. Remember it." -Gambit "X-Men '97"  |
| I can't really kept wait any longer when their about to released an episode in a week... Sadly I prefer by watching it ... Since i don't have anything to do. Also I'll always recaping the last ep. and move to the another one.. :D |
| Signature removed. Please follow the signature rules, as defined in the Site & Forum Guidelines. |
| I like to watch anime after they are finished airing. Naruto Shippuden is the only anime that I have watched as one ep. per week. |
| It depends the anime. Most of cgdct I watch weekly, some more deep, like Shouwa S2, I usually wait till the end of the season to watch. My memory is awful at last. |
 |
| It doesn't really matter to me on my case. If I found an anime and I want to watch it, whether it's still airing or not, I'll watch it. |
 |
| The anime I want to watch are usually over when I start them. "Recently" I've watched One Punch Man and I had to wait one week every episode. Same happened with Attack on Titan a few years ago. |
| I've only ever watched maybe 4 airing shows? 1) dangan ronpa 2) free 3) attack on titan 4) one punch man i cbf feeling like i have to keep up with someone and usually prefer to watch it when it's done. i think south park is the only anime i consistently watch when it's airing |
 |
| I prefer anime that done, and see it all while sailing with my ship |
| 🙄 |
| Personally i like to watch a series after it is finished airing so i can enjoy the show how i want instead of having to wait every time i finish an episode, if you think differently about this. why do you? |
| Ehhh, I like either. Some series like one piece never stop, but it's not like I'm caught up on that. But it can be a lot of fun waiting for a new episode to drop... |
| I CELEBRATE myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. |
| I agree with OP. Sometimes I forget what happened in the previous episode when I watch it as it airs but I don't mind. : I |
| Because it's a lot easier to manage time for release days than it is to set up a binge watching schedule. Especially since I'm not a fan of binge watching and prefer to pace shows out anyway so what better way than to watch them weekly while also having the variety of airing shows all laid out before me every 3 months. Which also keeps my week very occupied ie. this season I think the longest day for releases is like 6 episodes and no day is shorter than 3 so it's a perfect balance that also lets me focus on non-airing if I choose to do so while also somewhat encouraging me to keep relatively up to date. The other side note obviously being cliff hangers are pretty much made for weekly airing and can add an extra experience that is lost from binging while episodic series can turn into a nice change of pace during a long week. |
| I generally do because I like the excitement of waiting week to week for the new episode. If I just finish a season in one go I'll get anxious whether or not there'll be a new season. |
| The other side note obviously being cliff hangers are pretty much made for weekly airing and can add an extra experience that is lost from binging while episodic series can turn into a nice change of pace during a long week i guess i'm impatient and can't stand cliff hangers then lol, i guess its a matter of how patient or lieant one can be |
| Agree with op. Also because most of the time i discover anime that i may like (based on my favourite genres) only when are already finished. Watching anime while airing is simply not my style. Same for Tv series. |
 |
| if it's a normal series, yeah it doesn't matter to me. But if it's a series that has like 5-8 min episodes then I would definitely rather stock up on episodes to watch. |
 |
| Wrong section... but mods are lazy AF I like watching airing anime personally. It gives me something to look forward to every season. |
 "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." -Friedrich Nietzsche |
| I prefer to watch anime that's finished airing. Or at the very least, just wait until the hype's died down. |
 "Out of the night that conquers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul."  |
| As long as you don't attempt to watch everything at once while it's airing. Now that is hard to do unless you're a pro and have a lot of time on your hands |
| Unless I have so much hype for the series that I can't wait, I hate watching things as they air... Having one episode a week just isn't enough for me. |
 |
| I dont watch airing anime and I would only do so if its a series that has already produced plenty of episodes. |
 |
| I don't watch anime while airing and if I do, it would be if it has 2-3 episodes left. I don't like waiting weeks to watch an anime. |
  |
| I actually prefer to watch anime when it's airing. When I find some shows not too interesting but don't want to drop them it's easier to watch one ep a week. And if there's anime that I like a lot, it's so exciting to wait every week for the new episode. |
More topics from this board
» Evidences that anime was already mainstream pre 2020s.jacobPOL - 5 hours ago |
20 |
by thewiru
»»
9 minutes ago |
|
» What is your latest anime disappointment? ( 1 2 3 4 )nirererin - May 4 |
162 |
by SushiRoe
»»
9 minutes ago |
|
» Are there anime NOT for beginners?thewiru - 6 hours ago |
27 |
by ForgotEyeWasHere
»»
17 minutes ago |
|
» Anime characters that used to be older than you, now you're older than themComeInReiAsuka - Oct 12 |
26 |
by Yuu_Kanzaki
»»
32 minutes ago |
|
» 🍉 Summer 2025: Anime of the Season (AOTS) ( 1 2 3 4 5 )nirererin - Oct 9 |
245 |
by deltahalo241
»»
1 hour ago |